Tiger Woods’ Latest Injury Another Reminder That His Superstar Days Are over

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Published: February 11, 2015

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It's the poor performances in the biggest tournaments. It's the swing changes and instructor switches. And mostly, it's the recurring injuries.

It's the end for Tiger Woods.

No, it's not the end of his career. The man is only 39 years old, after all, and the money is too good to quit despite the results. But his superstar days—well, those are most certainly behind him. 

That Woods withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open is only a part of this equation. Remember, the week before he missed the cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, shooting an 82 in Round 2. That was his worst round as a professional and dropped him out of the top 50 in the world rankings. 


He's now No. 62 in the rankings—the lowest he's ever been since he started his career in 1996.

His descent has been pretty dramatic. Consider this graph from Golf Digest:



Or this tweet from Jason Sobel of Golf Channel:



Yikes.

Perhaps the most telling sign of Woods' demise is all of the theories as to what is behind his fall from grace. Hey, he's just getting too old. He's overthinking things. He's lost his swagger, his confidence. He's tinkering too much with his swing. He's just injury prone. 

Former player and broadcaster Ian Baker-Finch claimed Woods' woes stemmed from "fear" on SEN radio.

“At the first tee at Augusta every year he’s so nervous he hits it 100 yards off line, and he’s just hit 50 perfect drives on the range,” explained Baker-Finch. “You can’t tell me that that’s a bad back, or a swing flaw, it’s totally mental—it’s a fear.”

But that's the problem: We can't put our finger precisely on what is holding Woods back. That's part of what continues to make Woods so compelling. Not only has he declined from arguably the m...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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